with... type a... h- 1-n-1. state health officials say the child was briefly hospitalized and is now recovering. it's an early start to the flu season... and if last year is any indication of what that's like... doctors say it's important that people take the necessary precautions now. schaffner says: "last year the flu came early and severely. this year we are not quite certain, but that reminds us. we need to get protected before influenza is in our communities. and it will come i promise you. so let's get vaccinated and protect ourselves as well as those around us. none of us want to give flu to our family members or co-workers. so there are two good reasons to get vaccinated. self- protection and protection of those around us..." health officials are recommending that everyone above the age of 6 months... get

vaccinated. even if you got a shot last year. i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. washington d-c's police chief is giving out new information about the high- speed chase that put the capitol on lockdown thursday. chief cathy lanier says she's confident it wasn't an accident when 34 year old miriam carey rammed her black nissan infiniti into a cruiser outside the white house. you can see it stopped at the barricades. police thought they had her cornered... but she soon rams into one cruiser, then backs up and takes off down the street. lanier says she doesn't believe there was a terrorist link. crash/siren nats two police officers were injured during

the chase... in this incredible video of a cruiser as it crashes.. caught on camera. we are also learning this morning that the officers were workign without pay... because of the government shutdown. no officers were injured in the shooting that killed the suspect. carey was from connecticut... and her mother says she has no idea why her daughter was in d-c. police swarmed carey's connecticut home after the incident... shocking neighbors who had no idea what was going on hundreds of miles away.. he said that it's a sensitive area, i have to run in, i have about 5-10 minutes to get all my stuff and get out for the next eight or so hours, white house mandate we have to evacuate the premises. carey's mother says her daughter was suffering from post-partum depression. the woman had her one-year-old daughter in the car with her. forget the shutdown, a bigger problem is coming-- the debt ceiling debate. congress has only a few weeks to get a deal done. if it doesn't

there could be a catastrophe. economists all around the world are sounding the alarm bells. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange with details. think the shutdown is bad? economists are saying: we ain't seen nothing yet. today-- a dire warning from the treasury department. "there might be a financial crisis and recession that could echo the events of 2008... or worse." this is all because of the debt ceiling. the u-s government hit its legal borrowing limit of 16-point-69 trillion dollars back in may. since then, it's been using special accounting maneuvers to stay below that limit. but treasury secretary jack lew says it won't be able to do that anymore... as of october 17... or earlier. so congress has to raise that debt ceiling, or the government will default, meaning it won't be able to pay its bills. in our more than 200-year history, that's never happened. treasury says it could be "catastrophic.' think frozen credit markets, higher unemployment, higher interest rates, sharp declines in household wealth, plunging consumer and

business confidence. and the treasury isn't the only one sounding a warning bell. i-m-f chief christine lagarde says defaulting "could very seriously damage the entire global economy." economist mark zandi warns it will push us "back into recession." bank of america warns of another credit rating downgrade. stocks have been falling for over a week. wall street hears the warnings... does washington? i'm alison kosik in new york. it's believed a career criminal who terrorized businesses across anne arundel county for the past ten months is now behind bars.. and he could be responsible for more. police say dave holland is responsible for a dozen smash and grabs. they say holland, would strike between 11 p-m and 3 a- m...masked with a bandana, wearing the same clothing. this is surveillance video of his final smash and grab in deale, maryland. while fleeing a burglary there ...his vehicle was stopped and police found a tire iron in his car. "i hope he turns his life around and don't

take things that aren't yours" before this, police say he burglarized a barber shop, a ritas, starbucks, jimmy johns and many other busineses in anne arundel county. pioneering a pilot project... maryland and social networking site, facebook, are teaming up ...for a first of its kind program. grace mccomas was the howard county teen who committed suicide after being bullied on twitter. a new state law now makes it a crime to use social media to cause emotional distress to a minor. but this new partnership takes it one step further. it removes the offending comments.. within 24 hours after being reported. "there are issues here there are first amendment issues there is what is cyber bullying what is not cyber bullying so we are doing it as a pilot in maryland with facebook to see if we can take out the wrinkles see what issues we confront." the new system is designed to streamline reporting of cyberbullying that may not be resolved through facebook's

normal reporting process. a quiet hurricane season will get a little busier this weekend... where a named storm is expected to land for the first time this year... and how it's helping government employees get a paycheck. ((break 1))

time this hurricane season, a named storm is expected to the u-s. tropical storm karen is making her way toward the gulf coast. a storm warning is in effect for the louisiana coast... and a hurricane watch stretches from louisiana to the florida panhandle. it has residents and the government getting ready. thanks to the hurricane watch, it has brought a few dozen florida national guard members out of

furlough... and back on the force. "... ready to respond." karen is forecasted to hit the gulf coast as a weak hurricane or tropical storm. ((2-shot toss to weather)) ((ad lib meteorologist)) ((traffic

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answering your health care law questions... after the break, our national reporter takes a look at the biggest confusions... and finds answers. ((break 2))

affordable healthcare act is now open for business. healthcare exchanges have generated plenty of viewer questions here and at our sister stations across the country. national

correspondent kristine frazao has been keeping track of your e--mails and she's here to sort thru the confusion. [frazao standup] in "challenges continue for people across the country. even though we've known the law was going to be implemented for more than a year, some very basic questions remain. . " trt=:11 [first question/with map pensacola, florida "will i lose my private insurance and my medicare?"] janet in pensacola, florida, a viewer of w-e-a-r tv wants to know if she'll lose her private insurance and medicare? [sot ed kafes/healthcar e insurance broker] in 10:48:53 "no, she won't lose either. her private insurance could be an advantage plan or it could be a medicare supplement and a drug card. she will not lose either." trt=:10 [2nd question map nashville, tn question: "i keep having trouble signing up online. what are my options now?"] next we go to nashville, tennessee and vgroubgning up jacobsons?ot ron healthcare insurance broker] sot in 11:01:57 "you don't have to worry about signing up online. the same f-lin"t:08lable tx question: "i insuranc"]amn san ign up f more quires more if hes to

sedicareaprovides. 10:49:47 "he's got dire 'a' and 'b', dicare 'b'. its individual. but doesgh income he need more insurance? medicare supplement pay what medicare doesn't pay." trt=:14 [map vero beach, florida question: "i have heard there were going to be people out there to help called navigators that are not agents. who are they and how does one contact them?"] from vero beach, florida where dolly watches w-p-e-c tv -- she wants to know about in 11:02:01 avigators are paid ey opere to helpnsumerchoose a anhat will be best itedor them. they are not licensed agents. they can be contacted through the health insurance site of that state." trt=:20 undoubtedly the questions will keep pouring and we will continue to report on the major issues associated with the rollout of obamacare. in washington, i'm kristine frazo reporting. hoping to give

joe flacco a little more help... the ravens have made a trade. who they brought in to boost the o- line... and which player is off the team. ((break 3)) ñú

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